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The Black Hand behind Mexico’s Federal Police Protests
By RICARDO CASTILLO The birthing pangs of Mexico’s new National Guard (GN) are being heard loud and clear across the country. But they do not come from within the newly created police deployed on the streets as of Sunday, June 30. The are from the nation’s Federal Police agents, who fear the changes that the GN represent. With the National
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The Dove of Mexico’s New National Guard
Read moreAMLO’s July 1 Victory Is Now a Holiday
By RICARDO CASTILLO Although Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is celebrating the first year of his landslide victory on Monday, July 1, he has actually only spent seven months as head of state. His six-year term began on Dec. 1, 2018. But a year ago, there was no doubt about it, and he began giving orders right from
Read moreMexican Migra Is Working Out, for Trump
By RICARDO CASTILLO After the threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose export tariffs on Mexico if it didn’t stop the flow of migrants coming out of Central America, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has complied both with stopping Trump from slapping Mexican exports with his blatantly illegal tariffs, but also, cartoonists claim, can trump up his roster
Read moreThe Return of Los Polkos
By RICARDO CASTILLO Twice in the past week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has mentioned the historically obscure existence of a civilian paramilitary group known as Los Polkos. “Probably many don’t even know who they are,” AMLO said during one of his early morning press conferences, “but it surely seems they’re back.” The mention of Los Polkos
Read moreImproving Cooperation against Drugs
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Mexico’s National Guard Defends the Peace
Read moreMexico’s National Guard Caught Off Guard
By RICARDO CASTILLO Just how the Mexican National Guard is going to operate as of Monday, June 10, along the 11-municipalities in the state of Chiapas – along the Guatemalan border – is anybody’s guess. Most likely, the promoter of the move, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), does not know either. And there are many reasons for
Read moreMexico Pulls Out Ace in Negotiations with Washington
By RICARDO CASTILLO It may not be all that much in the way of meeting U.S. President Donald Trump’s expectations for the Mexican government to put a halt to the swelling human tide of immigrants bellowing in hunger and poverty north from Central America through Mexico to the United States, but it does represents a first solid step in an
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